Why These Dog Boarders?

Our goal is to connect people with the best local experts. We scored dog boarders on more than 25 variables across five categories, and analysed the results to give you a hand-picked list of the best dog boarders in Cincinnati, OH.

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Our Selection Criteria:

1. Reputation

A history of delighted customers and outstanding service.

2. Credibility

Building customer confidence with licensing, accreditations, and awards.

3. Experience

Masters of their craft, based on years of practical experience and education.

4. Availability

Consistently approachable and responsive, so customers never feel ignored.

5. Professionalism

Providing service with honesty, reliability, and respect.

All About PetCare

All About PetCare is a holistic and traditional veterinary care center in Middletown. Services include acupuncture and holistic care, behavioral consultation, dental care, surgery, geriatric wellness, and others. All About PetCare gives customers the option to board their dog in a luxury suite or kennel. The luxury suites include a spacious bedroom, a toddler bed, and TV.

Allie's Walkabout

Allie’s Walkabout is a dog daycare, grooming, training, and boarding center in Erlanger. Dog boarding consists of dog walking, meal times, playtime, and an afternoon nap. Allie’s Walkabout is staffed overnight, so each dog is monitored for their safety and comfort. Previous clients rave about the clean facility, knowledgeable staff members, and safe and friendly atmosphere.

Anderson Township Family Pet Center

Anderson Township Family Pet Center is a locally owned family business that was founded over 40 years ago. The Center provides services for dogs, cats, and birds. The services include dog daycare, long-term dog boarding, wild bird and animal food supplies, dog grooming, obedience training, and a vaccine clinic on Saturdays. Family Pet Center is also an adoption and rescue resource center.

Animal Ark Pet Resort

Animal Ark Pet Resort, founded in 1992, is an animal care company in Cincinnati. The family-owned facility offers boarding, grooming, and daycare services and can accommodate 200 dogs and 20 cats. Pot-bellied pigs, small animals, birds, and reptiles can also be boarded upon request. Other services include nature trail walks, cuddle time, daily treat time, and group playtime.

Circle Tail

Circle Tail in Pleasant Plain provides service dogs and hearing dogs to people with disabilities. Additional services include obedience training, dog boarding, Pet First Aid/CPR classes, and behavior management. The company also provides dogs for adoption. All dogs must be provided with their food and medication. During each stay, owners have the option to get their dogs microchipped, groomed, bathed, or trained for an additional fee.

Dog Day, Every Day!

Dog Day, Every Day! is a dog daycare facility in Cincinnati that provides part-time and full-time daycare options. Services include grooming packages, daycare, and 24-hour care upon request. The business, founded in 1999, always has trained staff supervising the dogs during daycare. Previous clients rave about the staff’s friendliness and compassion towards each dog as well as the clean facility.

Dog Depot

Dog Depot is a dog daycare, boarding, and grooming facility in Glendale. Dogs are boarded in a staff member’s house, rather than a kennel, and are regularly monitored. Previous clients state that employees at the Dog Depot are friendly, helpful, and compassionate animal care providers.

Dogtown

Dogtown is a kennel-free dog boarding facility in Cincinnati. The locally-owned facility is open 24 hours, includes a retail store with pet supplies, and has 15 webcams installed throughout the building. Services include dog daycare, boarding, and grooming. Since overnight stays are in an open, kennel-free environment, dogs are required to go through an evaluation before their first stay.

Gary's Professional Dog Grooming

Gary’s Professional Dog Grooming is a dog and cat grooming, training, and dog boarding facility in Cincinnati. The business, founded in 1962, consists of staff members who are certified in Pet CPR and First Aid by the American Red Cross. Boarding services include medication administration, walks in the park, multiple feedings, games of fetch, playtimes, comfortable bedding, attention, socialization, and a safe environment. Previous customers are satisfied with the compassion showed by the staff, positive and patient training style, and accommodation.

Harrison Animal Hospital

Harrison Animal Hospital, founded in 1999, is a 4,000 sq. ft. a veterinary hospital in Harrison providing care for puppies, dogs, kittens, and cats. The facility offers veterinary-supervised boarding for animals with medical needs. Special instructions such as food preparation or exercise requirements can be provided if required. Additional services include grooming, wellness, health care, diagnostics, surgical, dental, and emergency care.

House Vets for House Pets

House Vets for House Pets is a full service veterinary practice in Cincinnati. The practice offers preventive medical treatment and consultation, routine check-ups, surgical procedures, laboratory analysis, and a full range of medical diagnostics. On Fridays, the Mobile Unit provides house calls to customers. House Vets for House Pets offers complete care for dogs and cats, and basic care for birds and rodents. Dog boarding includes an on-site vet, enclosed indoor play area, and supervised outdoor play area.

New Beginnings K-9 Training

New Beginnings K-9 Training is a dog training, boarding, and daycare company in Erlanger. The facility has a large outdoor play area as well as multiple indoor play areas. Dog boarding includes a full day schedule of indoor and outdoor play time balanced with rest periods, potty breaks, medication administration, feeding, and stuffed Kongs. Other services include group training classes, private training, one-on-one boarding, puppy training, day training, puppy day care, and dog daycare.

Puppy Camp

Puppy Camp is a cage-free, interactive dog daycare center in Cincinnati. Play groups are always supervised by ten staff members. The facility has a large indoor play room and spacious fenced-in yard with laser lights, baby pools, bubbles, Kong toys, and tennis balls to keep the puppies entertained and occupied. Overnight boarding and after-hours care are provided at a staff member’s home.

Red Dog Pet Resort & Spa

Red Dog Pet Resort & Spa is a Cincinnati 20,000+ sq. ft. dog and cat boarding facility. The pet resort features 24/7 on-site professional staffing, all natural grass areas, and webcams in the public areas for the pet owners’ viewing. Amenities include dog boarding and lodging, dog daycare, dog and cat grooming, dog training, dog swimming, and a dog park. Red Dog Pet Resort & Spa is a member of the International Boarding and Pet Services Association.

The Pet Spot

The Pet Spot is a luxury indoor and outdoor pet facility in Cincinnati. The facility has over 18,000 square feet of climate-controlled indoor play space and over 10,000 square feet of outdoor play space. Services include dog daycare, playgroups, dog boarding, and cat boarding. The building has web cams set up throughout so customers can keep an eye on their pets. All dogs are required to go through an evaluation before their first stay.

West Chester Veterinary Center

West Chester Veterinary Center is an animal hospital providing routine preventative pet care, emergency response, and veterinary hospital services. The facility boards dogs and cats in their suites. The dog boarding area features a large indoor/outdoor run that is 14” D x 4”-6” W. The outdoor area is a grassy courtyard where dogs can play and run off leash. Other services include grooming, spay/neuter, vaccinations, physical exams, laser surgery, ultrasounds, x-rays, and many others.

West Chester Veterinary Clinic

West Chester Veterinary Clinic, founded in 2009, is an animal care clinic in West Chester. Dr. Hellard, owner of the facility, received her DVM from Michigan State University and is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association and Ohio Veterinary Medical Association. The veterinary clinic boards dogs, cats, and exotic animals. Animals are required to be spayed/neutered and up-to-date on their vaccinations as well as free of any fleas/ticks.